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There is no specific amount of time. Everyone's body reacts differently, weeks, months...

If calcification occurs, imagine a permanently hard nodule about half the size of what you have now, always under your skin.

I can't speak for any specific doctor's recommended course of treatments.

No, a lymphocele is the result of breakage. It should be seen by a urologist and probably treated to avoid complications that could be resolved fully with drainage. Drainage is very low risk, but still unpleasant.View Thread

Vik is mostly right, your doctor was unwarrantedly dismissive. Where I disagree (and keep in mind I'm not a doctor) is that it shouldn't be Peyronie's if caused by an injury. Peyronie's scar tissue formation doesn't typically come from an injury, although injuries and fractures can create their own bruising, fractures, and tissue damage that have signs similar to Peyronie's.

What the original urologist probably should have done is conduct an ultrasound of your penis to look for fractured structures or dense areas indicating some kind of congested tissue indicating a serious injury.

And I agree with Vik that he probably assumed you were making a cosmetic complaint and erroneously didn't take you very seriously. This could potentially make him liable for malpractice if his delay in comprehensive assessment and treatment results in a problem. Personally in your situation I would make a rather unpleasantly worded phone call to that original doctor's office making him accountable for his shallow behavior, and demanding another appointment without a second office visit charge.

Alternately, you can visit a different doctor, but it's important that any one of them take you seriously.

Any condition does not need to have all the symptoms that are typical. Signs and symptoms are only clues to what's going on. They are not all requirements for diagnosis. With fractures and injuries the window of opportunity to treat the issue is a relatively short period following the injury. Once it begins to heal, if incorrectly, any defect can be rather permanent. Don't delay in making another appointment for proper care this time. I'm sorry you ran into a knucklehead doctor. Make sure he knows you think of him that way and will blame him for his oversights.View Thread

No, it is unsafe to drain a lymphocele yourself and a particular risk of infection would be present because it does not exist in the same layer of tissue that a blister does.

Sometimes a lymphocele is resorbed, but many times it is only partially resorbed and what remains calcifies permanently. The option to drain is only present when it is relatively recent, and not after it has started to solidify.View Thread

You have three separate issues, unrelated.First, that's not sclerosing lymphangitis, that is a lymphocele and it will not heal without it being surgically drained. Your urologist should have known this immediately on sight.

Second, both you and your LTR partner both need to be treated for the chlamydia. It can be a-symptomatic.

Your prostatitis has probably been chronic. It may or may not be resolved with antibiotic treatments (as it may or may not be bacterial in cause), and may take months of follow-up, persistent care to resolve. That you have had prostatic pain for years is highly concerning.

There is absolutely no "tank." If you don't ejaculate, nothing happens. Your body does not fill up with something.

Certainly no unnecessary handling of your penis, but you need to have the lymphocele drained or it will eventually calcify and be a permanent problem. Lymphangitis is an inflammation of the vessel, it will always be smooth and consistently raised, not bulbous, as what happens when the lymph channel explodes or leaks to create a lymphocele.

The lump or cyst on your perineum could have been an external hemorrhoid or an ingrown hair. It's impossible to tell at this late state.

Unfortunately the ER and a GP will not know anything about penises. Always see a urologist for such issues. A GP knows about as much about penis issues as you do about titanium mining.View Thread

Carter, if the urologist gave you a steroid cream, you need to use it. He would give you one that was appropriate for where you are using it, and it is likely to help.

Ultrasound is typically how Peyronie's is diagnosed. It will not show lymphangitis or much of anything that is not structural.

Erections are probably weak because you have pain. Your body naturally shuts down reproductive function when you have pain in that area.

I think you need to follow the urologist's instructions with the cream and then follow up with him after using it for the length of time you were told to.

You need to stop guessing and agree to a treatment protocol that can make a difference (the cream). Stop fretting about what might be, and take the solid advice that was offered by your doctor and go back with a report of the results to move on to the next step if that didn't solve the problem. Don't complicate it unnecessarily.

If you're obsessed with ultrasound, just have it done. I don't know that it will or won't reveal anything. It's not terribly expensive. You can ask beforehand on the phone with your urologist what it can and cannot do.View Thread

There is no reason to subject yourself to surgery (circumcision) for cosmetic reasons. It will certainly change the sensations of sex you have become accustomed to significantly if you do get circumcised.

Penises do not shrink. A change in thickness can be due to injury, but most men would probably see additional girth as a positive change. The most common reason men believe their penis is shrinking is because their bellies get larger, and the penis is anchored to the bone, which causes a visual change in apparent length, but not an actual physical change in length. If you'd concerned about changes you perceive in your penis's appearance, please see a urologist. He most likely will not believe you, but you can still make sure nothing is actually wrong.View Thread

Akohxiiarey, Snafi is the same as Cialis, but found in the middle east. If you are not having erectile dysfunction and do not have a prescription to treat erectile dysfunction, using tadalafil as an unsupervised recreational drug can have consequences.

Swelling between the corona and shaft of your penis is either edema or lymphangitis caused by some kind of overuse. Keep in mind that your penis is made for about 20 minutes of moderate and lubricated sexual activity maybe 3 times a week, not twice a day vigorously. Excessive use with insufficient lubrication is quite likely to result in an injury like the one you are describing.

While you are lucky you are not feeling pain, but you are seeing an inflammatory response, so need to refrain from any sexual contact or masturbation until the area is fully healed. Your penis is not made of steel, and abusing it with frequent and aggressive sex will lead to an injury sooner or later.

If you continue to irritate your penis further when it is in this state, then it may become painful and take several months to heal.View Thread

Hello webpatient, sorry for the delayed reply, the forums were broken for a couple days.

I'm not familiar with this procedure. The tissue remaining after circumcision is usually a different color. This is not unusual. Lymphatic excision is unusual and what you're describing is not the same as what I was describing. Since I don't know the procedure you're describing I'm at a loss for suggestions.

Loket, it's possible you damaged a vein and it is now varicose. It could be a bruise. It could be a lymphocele. It could be something else. It's not easy to guess without seeing, which is why a urologist's opinion is most useful. That location in your drawing and shape tends to suggest it is not a lymph vessel, but could still be a burst lymph vessel (lymphocele), but I can't tell what else it might be.

Inflamed skin has no specific name, it's a description. It can happen anywhere on your body. Because your foreskin is so differently connected than other parts of your skin, it can swell much more obviously than other parts, making it look different than when your skin is irritated on different parts of your body.

A doctor should be willing to work out a payment plan with you and not expect immediate payment with your visit. The problem with not going is that some conditions can only be remedied when handled at the time of injury, otherwise the damage may become permanent. Since I can't really assess what's actually wrong, I can't help you very much in determining the likely course of action a urologist would probably take.View Thread

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